So high

I look down at my feet
But they’re not what I see
Something else catches my eye
Nothingness beneath me

I do not know how I got here
My toes already over the edge
No last thoughts before I see
The fulfillment of my pledge

I signed away my conscience
And I gave away my heart
All I'm left with is this body
Which has already been torn apart

The balls of my feet go over
Just a minor shift of weight
That’s all that it would take
To get my body to take the bait

My heel slips in an instant
I wonder how I got here
No simple answer in my head
Yet I fall without fear

They wonder why I did it
How I could make my body fall
The thing they do not know about it
Was it was not me at all

It wasn’t me who left my house
Or walked across the town
I did not climb up every stair
I didn’t even look way down

All I did is plain and simple
I gave myself away that night
I did nothing wrong at all
Just fell asleep without a fight

It was my stolen body
A spirit searching for a way to die
All I did was let it go
And take me up so high

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